On Sun 08 Apr 2018 at 13:48:03 -0400, songbird wrote: > songbird wrote: > > David Wright wrote: > >> On Sat 07 Apr 2018 at 14:38:53 (-0400), songbird wrote: > >>> i have an USB keyboard, which once in a while goes > >>> useless. it is a fairly new device and should not be > >>> defective, but i'm not sure how to tell if this is a > >>> problem from the device or from the kernel or ? > >> > >> Try googling usb keyboard autosuspend. You should get hits for > >> checking/setting /sys/bus/usb/devices/*/power/autosuspend (ephemeral) > >> and the archlinux wiki explaining udev rules (persistent). > > > > i'll bring out that gun if i have to, so far so > > good with the masking the scanner approach. the > > keyboard hasn't dropped all afternoon *knocks on > > wood head*... > > i did have keyboard drops last night. fell asleep > with the computer on so i know it wasn't me doing it. > :) today i applied bigger hammer in udev rules file. > > previous masking of sane items made no difference > to that issue and i still think they may be related > issues.
You could resolve the idea that sane is involved with apt purge libsane -- Brian.
